Skyler Thesis: From 1450-1750 European monarchy and the Chinese Empire were similar politically and changed because of new styles of government.

Brittney Fidler, Thesis :During the period of 1450 to 1750 the Chinese Empire changed by becoming unified and becoming much more established, but kept many older traditions such as social order and styles of government.

British Imperialism


During this time period the British began exploring land overseas, eventually creating colonies in the Americas as well as India. - Kriz and Jessica

  • 7 Years War
  • Protestant reform
  • European Monarchy, British-Americans clonies.
  • Changed from absolute to constitional monarchy.
  • Largest change was from feudal system to a monarchy.
  • The Pope takes full power in the 1700's and Christianity spreads.
  • The British had a hands-on approach to through their colonies.
  • Through their colonies capitalism began.
  • Britain has a constitutional monarchy while France had a absolute monarchy which led to tension and eventually the British/French wars.
  • had difficulties choosing succsessors

Chinese Land Based Empire

China refused to explore any further than its own surrounding land area. They looked inward, putting themselves in self-imposed isolation, believing that the world had nothing to offer them in the sense that by opening their boundaries to foreign influences, their stability would falter. - Kriz and Jessica

  1. Qing Empire
    • Unified China
    • Used Mandate of Heavento choose succesor
    • Did not rule directly due to large empire
    • mao zedong did not have anything to do with this.

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* Unified under foreign ruler
  • Expanded and opened trade routes
  • Forbid women to bind their feet, even though they were mainly a patriarch society, women had more of an understood role and had more room to excercise it
  • Many countries combined into one due to them being conquered by the Mongols
  • Dissention between parts of the Empire due to ethnical/religious/regional difference-not like the dissention between Europe

Validated by Jessica Randall-Your prompt is focusing more on the sea-based expanasion of Britain or France compared to the land-expansion of China or the Mughal Empire. Basically that means you need to focus on the colonies that each empire aquired and why England/France explored beyond he sees and China did not.
Validated by Alex Wallace
Validated by Alisha Allen
Validated by Ruby Rasavong- You need to have more information added, this doesn't explain the contrast between them. What we added is in green. Please note we could not finish it completely because of time restraints.